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CHARLES G'AUDIN, ZOE GRANIER, AND JULES GBANIER, OF SAN FRAN- GISGQ'GALIFORNIA.

Letters Patent No. 79,903, dated July 14-, 1868.

IMPROVED FIRE-KINDLING.

Be it known that we, CHARLES GAUDIN, Zon GnAnrnn, and J ULES Gunman, of San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco, and State of Galifornia,have invented a. new and improved Fire-Kindling; and we do hereby declare that the following is a.full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilledin the art to make and use the same. I v

This invention relates to an improvement in fire-ki-ndling, and it consists in forming a ball of saw-dust,- mixed and saturated with inflammable materials, upon the end of a wick impregnated with camphene,'or other inflammable liquid, and covered with resin.

By means of this wick a. small strip ispresent'ed to be lighted, and consequently will ignite with much more facility than the ordinary round kindling.

In preparing the kindling, we take any convenient amount of saw-dust, and thoroughly mix with it a suitable quantity of resin, saltpetre, and sulphur.

A'snflicient quantity of coal-tar is then added to reduce the mixture to a proper consistency. The compound, after being thoroughly mixed and worked together, is then rolled into a. ball upon the end of a strip of wicking impregnated with camphene, or other inflammable liquid, and covered with'a coating of resin.

We are aware that balls of fire-kindling have been formed of saw-dust saturated and mixed vwith inflammable substances, but never to our knowledge have they been formed upon the end of a. wick in such a manner as to present..throi1gh said wick a. small point to be reodily ignited. I

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

Forming'a fire-kindling bull upon-the end of-an inflammable wick for the purpose of ready ignition, as herein shown and described. p I

The above specification of our invention signed by us, this 18th day of September, 1867.

' OH. .GAUDIN,

ZOE GRANIER, Witnesses: JULES GRANllER.

A. G. Bmnon, i EDW. Gno'. GRAY. 

